2019 African Women's Junior Handball Championship

2019 African Women's Junior Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Niger
Venue	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	5–14 September
Teams	9 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Tunisia (1st title)
Runners-up	Angola
Third place	Guinea
Fourth place	DR Congo
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	1,338 (55.75 per match)
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Last updated December 01, 2025

The 2019 African Women's Junior Handball Championship was held in Niamey, Niger, from 5 to 14 September 2019.^[1] It also acted as qualification tournament for the 2020 Women's Junior World Handball Championship in Romania.

Draw

The draw was held on 14 August 2019 at the CAHB Headquarters in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.^[2]

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Angola	3	3	0	0	96	60	+36	6	Semifinals
2	Guinea	3	1	1	1	98	101	−3	3	Semifinals
3	Senegal	3	1	0	2	83	94	−11	2	5–8th place semifinals
4	Congo	3	0	1	2	74	96	−22	1	5–8th place semifinals

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.

5 September 2019 12:00	Senegal	33–37	Guinea	Palace of 29 July, Niamey
		(14–17)

6 September 2019 14:00	Angola	30–15	Congo	Palace of 29 July, Niamey
		(15–9)

7 September 2019 12:00	Senegal	33–26	Congo	Palace of 29 July, Niamey
		(17–10)

7 September 2019 14:00	Angola	35–28	Guinea	Palace of 29 July, Niamey
		(13–13)

9 September 2019 14:00	Congo	33–33	Guinea	Palace of 29 July, Niamey
		(21–15)

10 September 2019 18:00	Angola	31–17	Senegal	Palace of 29 July, Niamey
		(13–9)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tunisia	4	4	0	149	69	+80	8	Semifinals
2	DR Congo	4	3	1	106	102	+4	6	Semifinals
3	Algeria	4	2	2	113	103	+10	4	5–8th place semifinals
4	Benin	4	1	3	115	120	−5	2	5–8th place semifinals
5	Niger (H)	4	0	4	66	155	−89	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
(H) Hosts

5 September 2019 14:00	Tunisia	35–21	Benin	Palace of 29 July, Niamey
		(16–8)

5 September 2019 18:00	Niger	15–34	Algeria	Palace of 29 July, Niamey
		(10–15)

7 September 2019 16:00	Tunisia	28–18	Algeria	Palace of 29 July, Niamey
		(13–8)

7 September 2019 18:00	DR Congo	30–18	Niger	Palace of 29 July, Niamey
		(15–6)

8 September 2019 10:00	DR Congo	29–24	Benin	Palace of 29 July, Niamey
		(14–9)

8 September 2019 12:00	Tunisia	51–13	Niger	Palace of 29 July, Niamey
		(23–7)

9 September 2019 16:00	DR Congo	30–25	Algeria	Palace of 29 July, Niamey
		(17–16)

9 September 2019 18:00	Benin	40–20	Niger	Palace of 29 July, Niamey
		(20–10)

10 September 2019 14:00	DR Congo	17–35	Tunisia	Palace of 29 July, Niamey
		(4–18)

10 September 2019 16:00	Algeria	36–30	Benin	Palace of 29 July, Niamey
		(19–17)

Knockout stage

Bracket

Semifinals		Final

12 September

Angola	27
		14 September
DR Congo	14
		Angola	25
12 September
		Tunisia	26
Guinea	27

Tunisia	39
		Third place

		14 September

		DR Congo	25

		Guinea	37

5–8th place bracket

5–8th place semifinals		Fifth place

12 September

Senegal	32
		13 September
Benin	27
		Senegal	27
12 September
		Congo	26
Algeria	28

Congo	32
		Seventh place

		13 September

		Benin	26

		Algeria	30

5–8th place semifinals

12 September 2019 12:00	Senegal	32–27	Benin	Palace of 29 July, Niamey
		(13–16)

12 September 2019 14:00	Algeria	28–32	Congo	Palace of 29 July, Niamey
		(16–11)

Semifinals

12 September 2019 16:00	Angola	27–14	DR Congo	Palace of 29 July, Niamey
		(11–6)

12 September 2019 18:00	Guinea	27–39	Tunisia	Palace of 29 July, Niamey
		(16–20)

Seventh place game

13 September 2019 14:00	Benin	26–30	Algeria	Palace of 29 July, Niamey
		(13–15)

Fifth place game

13 September 2019 16:00	Senegal	27–26	Congo	Palace of 29 July, Niamey
		(14–11)

Third place game

14 September 2019 15:00	DR Congo	25–37	Guinea	Palace of 29 July, Niamey
		(11–17)

Final

14 September 2019 17:30	Angola	25–26	Tunisia	Palace of 29 July, Niamey
		(15–14)

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Tunisia
	Angola
	Guinea
4	DR Congo
5	Senegal
6	Congo
7	Algeria
8	Benin
9	Niger

	Team qualified for the 2020 Junior World Championship

Awards

2019 African Women's Junior Handball Championship
Tunisia 1st title

Best Player

References

↑ "26eme Championnat d'Afrique des Nations Juniors Féminines" (PDF). CAHB. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 September 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
↑ "CAN Juniors Filles et CAN Cadets Filles NIGER 2019: Résultats du Tirage au Sort" (in French). CAHB. 14 August 2019. Archived from the original on 24 August 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019.

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[1] "26eme Championnat d'Afrique des Nations Juniors Féminines" (PDF). CAHB. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 September 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019.

[2] "CAN Juniors Filles et CAN Cadets Filles NIGER 2019: Résultats du Tirage au Sort" (in French). CAHB. 14 August 2019. Archived from the original on 24 August 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019.

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